Learn about how to form passive - present, past, present perfect, questions and negative. Passive voice is a difficult, not too common but very necessary part of English!

1. English lesson: Passive voice
Girl = agent
(do-er of the
action
Tea= receiver
of action
Verb = drink

2. What you will learn!
> When and why we use
passive
> How to form passive voice in:
> Simple present
> Past simple
> Present perfect

3. When and why we use passive
> We want to emphasise the
receiver of an action
> We don't know who did the
action (the agent)
> We think the agent is not
important
> We think the agent is
obvious
> We want to avoid attributing
responsibility
Passive voice is common in
newspapers...

4. Passive voice in simple present
Here is an active sentence in simple
present tense
The girl drinks tea.
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
(agent) receiver
The tea is drunk.
NEW
SUBJECT
receiver
Verb
"to be"
VERB
past
participle
(in present tense to
match the original
sentence)
The tea is drunk by the girl.
You can include the agent with "by"

5. Passive voice in simple past
Here is the active sentence
in simple past
The girl drank tea.
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
(agent) receiver
The tea was drunk.
NEW
SUBJECT
receiver
Verb
"to be"
VERB
past
participle
(in past tense to match
the original sentence)
The tea was drunk by the girl.
You can include the agent with "by"

6. Passive voice in present perfect
Here is the active sentence
in present perfect
The girl has drunk tea.
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT
(agent) receiver
The tea has been drunk.
NEW
SUBJECT
receiver
Verb
"to be"
VERB
past
participle
(in present perfect to
match the original
sentence)
The tea has been drunk by the girl.
You can include the agent with "by"

7. How to form passive questions
Was the tea drunk?
NEW
SUBJECT
receiver
Verb
"to be"
VERB
past
participle
Use the correct form
depending on the tense
Yes/No question
Where was the tea drunk?
NEW
SUBJECT
receiver
Verb
"to be"
VERB
past
participle
Use the correct form
depending on the tense
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